Our West Europe Materials Vice President, Michel Andre, recently visited Watford Readymix plant in our London & South Coast market area, to see all the improvements which have recently been made on the site.

The original ‘RMC’ batching plant was erected in the late 1950s, but last year Engineering Manager Chris O’Brien, led a large overhaul of the site, an investment of circa. £1 million of CapEx into the plant. The upgrade included a new mixer and skip system, new cement silos, a new batching cabin, and many other improvements to advance the health and safety and efficiency of the site.

Plant Manager, Dave Roberts, and Operations Manager, Alex Flocea, gave Michel a tour of the site which now has not just upgraded equipment, but also a range of advanced digital monitoring technologies which monitor the performance of all the key plant items in real-time, allowing us to be preventive with our maintenance, and prolong the life of the assets.

Dave has also put a huge amount of effort into making the plant look fantastic, including the creation of a Cemex logo from astro-turf, and recycling various old parts of the plant into flower beds (all painted in Cemex colours!).

Michel commented that the site was of an extremely high standard, commending both the Engineering and Operations teams for their collaborative effort.